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Re: A winter funny to pass time when fishings not
Posted By: tom In Response To: Re: A winter funny to pass time when fishings not (spike stevenson)
Date: Tuesday, 1-27-09, at 7:54 p.m.
My story is not a funny one, but one I want to tell.
Two years ago my best fishing buddy and I walked out onto the bridge at the causeway. The wind was blowing hard, and we had it to our back. As we set our stuff down Jerry's straw hat blew off his head into the water. Despite our repeated efforts, his cursing, and my laughing so hard I was in tears, we were unable to hook it and it quickly disapeared from sight.
Jerry died this past year.
In September I was down and went to our favorite fishing hole over by the old Manteo bridge. The fish weren't biting and I went for a stroll. Laying on the sand was a straw hat.
Jerry's hat was a unique one and I immediatly remembered what had happened.
I put the hat in the back of my truck, and the next time I saw his widow I showed it to her and asked if it was his.
She confirmed that it looked exactly like his and I believe it must be.
In October I returned to the spot and the hat is now a permanant resident of our spot, I would like to see the storm that could get it. I will never forget the chills I got from that experience.
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